The Singapore Free Press, 14 August 1948

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA sd sdfsdf sdf sdf SINGAPORE, SATVRDAY, AUGUST 14, 1948 PRICE 10 CLMJJ
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    Soviets complete Berlin carve-up
    516 1 Soviets complete Berlin carve-up —and abandon Stalin's picture BERUN, Friday. THE Russians evacuated the Allied four-power Kommandatura building in Berlin today and hauled down their flag. This action appears to complete the division of Berlin between the East and West. The Russians left only pictures of Stalin and Lenin on
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    Mr. Chifley told of Sharkey
    7 1 Mr. Chifley told of Sharkey m I
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    PAINLESS EXTRACTION
    37 1 SMOKERS and drinkers of intoxicating liquors together paid 58 per cent of Australia's total Customs and Excise revenue in the financial year 1947-48. Of C llB 021.000 collected, smokers paid €3"?. 773.000 and drinkers €34.769,000.
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    NEW HIGH IN CRISIS ARRESTS
    85 1 NEW HIGH IN CRISIS ARRESTS Free Press Staff Reporter •pHIRTY-THREE person L were arrested In Singa pore under the Emergenc; Regulations yesterday, tin greatest number of arrest* ii a single day since the emer gency was declared on Jun< 23. Of the total arrested ye« terday, 25 were Chinese, thi
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    The angry admiral
    77 1 \XOTORIOI S pirate, 'Admiral" Ling Ping-ehuan. Bjnanding the "United Democrat! Naval Forces'* ha, threatened to burn down two village* because they had repelled a recent raid by his men. The villages are Chilung and lluan?fu. in Ifftijing, on the coast 70 miles ii irth-east of Hoaf Kon^:
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    U.S. SMALLARMS ARRIVE
    40 1 ¥^IFTY-N::NE cases of UJS. 1 small arms for Malaya, arrived in Singapore tfiis morning on board the American President Lines ship President FWxnore from Manila. They are c^rsigned to Mr. H. C. dartre, Chief Poilce Officer. Selangor.
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    CUIFLEY DENIAL
    20 1 J B. Criifley enied a re; Qo*« con- a iuest 1 lined troops be sen: to Malaya A.P.
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    Burma revolt is suppressed
    167 1 RANGOON, Friday 4\ attempt by pro-Communist Burma Rifle mutineers to overthrow the caretaker government of Premier Thakin Nu by occupying Rangoon and other towns in the Delta area,* launched on Tuesday, has been foiled and Government troops are now mopping up in four recaptured towjis, where
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    Alsatian dogs to aid police
    37 1 PRTY Alsatian police dogs will arrive in Sineapore on Monday from Britain on the cargo ship Benalbanach. reports Router. It is believed the dogs are all destined for the Federation police force.
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    100 DEAD IN TYPHOON
    54 1 100 DEAD IN TYPHOON BELATED reports from Can- d of damage caused by the typhoon in the East River area of Kwangtun? stated bred lives were lost 200 vessels were sunk 1 Bias Bay areas lust outside H r.g il waters. •st reports also said that 600 small craft went
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    RATHER HAVE WAR
    31 1 RATHER HAVE WA R •an spokesman lie over the German Radio -aid that 80 can public had ei I the opir. Western Powers should remain in Berlin "even meant war U.P.
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    200 DETAINED IN SLAM ROUNDUP
    101 1 BANGKOK, Friday. \BOUT 200 persons, mostly Chinese, have been rounded up by the Siamese police in various parts of the country in the last 24 hours and more arrests are expected. A high police authority told Reuter that the arrested persons were suspected of being
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    MECHANIC DIES AFTER CRASH
    61 1 A 25 -year -old mechan: Apukusan Nair, of ihe D C R E Works at Tyersall Camp, died shortly after being involved in an accident with a lorry in Holland Road ir others, two Chinese in Indian boy and a Chinese woman were injured in the
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    SIAM OPTIMISTIC
    19 1 iinTHIN r^ next t* will oe able to export 1 500.000 tons of rice ft] Commerce > U.P.
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    U.S. 'MAY HELP' TIN INDUSTRY
    207 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Friday. THERE appears some scope for American particlA pation in development work in the tin-mining industry, says the Financial Times in an article dealing with U.S. stockpile needs, in which it is pointed out that the pre-war restriction scheme I
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    43 1 The Gaekicar Oj Baroda, before he left Parts for India last night, sa.d: "I'm going to find out u-hat the fuss is all about. To abdicate would affect my income but it icould have no effect on the manner in which I live."
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    Big comb-out in Selangor
    140 1 Fr©€ Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. SEVERAL hundred troops and police were engaged last night and early this morning in a sweep through the Puchong and Batu Tiga areas of Selangor. Scenes of the sweep were Killinghall and Castlefleld estates, between ten and 15 miles
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    37 1 English woman artist, Mrs. K. Nixon with one of the oil paintings in her exhibition which opened at Robinson's today. The picture is a study of peacocks and 4ran-gi-pangi. It took "10 days solid work" to complete.
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    U.K. EXPORTS: NEW RECORD
    42 1 BRITISH export* for July reached th« higheJt figure in all Britain* trading history, the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Harold Wilson, told a meeting in Cornwall la*t night. Provisional ftgure for last month's exports was £145.--«00.000
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    TAN KAH KEE IS 'HOPEFUL'
    93 1 TAN KAH KEE IS 'HOPEFU L Free Press Staff Reporter OR Tan Kah Kee. well--1T known Singapore Ch. community leader, is hopeful'' that Malaya soon restore peace and order so that everyone can follow hlj calling without interferenct. In a presj interview. Mr Tan said that owinn to his failing
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    Five bandits hanged in K.L.
    191 1 Five bandits hanged in K.L. Free Press Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. pOUR Chinese and an r Indonesian, all condemned to death during past 17 days for illegal possession of arms, were hanged in Pudu Jail t. morning. The death serr it ls ierstood, were confirmed the Ruler The five men
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  • FEATURES...
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      All that Glitters
      2406 2  - Al l that Glitters STANLEY AGER A SHORT STORY by i^ERAGHTY doesnT go to the pub any nnre, and the shutters have been up at his house ever since it happened. The people of icy street laughed him out of his pawnbrokers' business; laughed him out of their 3, but
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      Bridge Problem
      79 2 Spades are trumps. Soutn leads. North and South are to win six of the seven tricks against any defence. South makes diamond king then leads club to North's queen. North cashes .he diamond queen. South discardIng club. North leads spade six. West wins and must lead a heart.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      124 2 [your lucky star DOKN today, you react almost too keenly to your environment. You work best when surrounded only by thoroughly sympathetic and understanding individuals. You are ambitious, and early in youth know what you want and will set out to achieve it. You will bear no intervention and can
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      706 2 ■l bi m m Am |H 'as __P****V i fif Jf fit M AUSTRALIA 400 p m c« 11 is p m VUI6 19 74 metre* IS M meraejeles: 4tt pm tc lIS om VUI 1 11 89 metre* 11 M meraeyelss: CM p m tc 11 15 p m
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      184 2 •r Music; 8.15 This we- I rail a N«».« Australian Arti*t6 Pertorm Meao Soprano Lorna Sydney 8 30 b; 8.40 News Suuunary I n* Orgaiiisß' L*kr Success, 8.43 Austn Amateur Hour; 930 DX I gramme; 945 In Qalret and Places Where They Sing. 10 N 10. IS Magazine of the
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  • NEWS...
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      FOUR CLAIMANTS FOR "PLUTO" AWARD
      271 3 LONDON, Friday. "pOUR claimants will appear before the Royal Commission on awards to inventors next term when the invention of the wartime "Pluto" (a pipeline under the sea) will be investigated. One of the lour Is Mr. A. C. Hartley, chief engineer of the Anglo
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      BILLY ROSES OPERA OFFER
      55 3 SHOWMAN, Billy Rose, who once rearranged the opera "Carmen" into a smash hit Broadway musical with an all-negro cast, has ottered to operate the Metropolitan Opera House n» n. Rose says he guaranty meet anticipated $250,000 operating losses which caused the decision to cancel the opera
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      Chins escapes cholera epidemic
      121 3 Chins escapes cholera epidemic CHINA, which ntly had fl quakes, and the eve: civil war. has one tiling to be thankful loi this y^ar. The Health Minister Y T. Tsur, said that the usual cholera epidemics were not reported this season There is still, however, a possibility of a serious
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      TUNNEY MEETS 'G.B.S.'
      3 3 TUNNEY MEETS 'G.B.S.'
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      CHINA SHOULD RETURN TO SILVER COINS'
      8 3 CHINA SHOULD RETURN TO SILVER COINS' I U.P.
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      RED-ENCIRCLED CITY IS STARVING
      479 3 RED-ENCIRCLED CITY IS STARVING Changchun 's mounting death roll t\i u one-time Japanese capital of ♦ko uku is slowl y being starved to death by r V* 0 1^!!]? 1818 One re P° rt savs th at 80,000 of the city s 600,000 have already died. Another says -UU are
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      STOLE BUS CRASHED
      100 3 QANCING all evening with a girl and then walking with her to Cawsand (Cornwall), made Maurice Platton, 20, of Millbrook (Cornwall) tired. So in the early hours of the morning he took a 20--seattr bus and drove the one-and-a-tjuarter miles home. On the way he crashed. At
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      EX-RAF MAN GETS 3 YEARS
      395 3 Burnt £35,000 yacht T^EREK Clayton- Wright, 31 -year-old company u director and ex-R.A.F. officer, was sentenced to three years* jail at Winchester Assizes :s:land) for setting fire to the yacht Barcarolle and attempting to defraud the underwriters of £35.000 for which he had insured the
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      DOG'S NIGHTMARE IN TRAIN TUNNEL
      163 3 DOG 'S NIGHTMARE IN TRAIN TUNNEL A CROSS-BREED Corgi dog. Lucius O'Grady, held up traffic for an hour on one of London's busiest underground railway lines recently. Lucius strayed off the platform on to the line at Sloane-square Station. A train came thundering in and Lucius scuttled for safety— up
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      Village in tow
      37 3 /I rfrcr boa^ fa seen (be(ow) toning a village built on a raft which was swept downstremm during the re- Yangtse river flood. The village UXU totoed back upstream to Anking, northeast of Kiukiang.
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      ARTIE WAS NOT FOREVERAMBER
      75 3 ARTIE WAS NOT FOREVER AMBER BAND leader Artie Shaw denied in New York the charge made by, his estranged wife, novelist Kathleen Windsor, (Forever Amber) that he had admitted that he was a Communist. He said it was a "red herring" in legal proceedings to dissolve their marriage. Miss Windsor
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      29 3 TA'R^AN Strange disappearance »t Edzar nice Burroukhs iC'.-..' RELUCTANTLY ASREED TO CMIRAMS '^/V^B^XT <^ %rS pi?oposAl and presently tm£ iVKL X vP WAS DAAN WHEN D'ACNOT WENT TD V^\^\ "^1
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  • LEADER
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      The Signapore Free Press SATURDAY, Aug. 14, 1948. Twelve months of Independence
      355 4 The Signapore Free Press SATURDAY, Aug. 14, 1948. Twelve months of Independence INDIA and Pakistan complete I today twelve months of nee. For both the nrst year of sovereignty inevitof and dbsapts as well as pros cut indisputably proia has been the watchrd Delhi and Karachi I consider<ome respects unexpected
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      The Soviet's rubber
      164 4 THE flutter which arose from I the delay in the receipt of j a Russian credit for rubber that was already being load- ed in Penang and Singap has been short lived, but ita Influence persists The in- 1 cident has impressed the market with the importance
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      Redsworkhardon Czechoslovakia
      1069 4  -  SYDNEY HKOOKES By fZECHOSLOVAKIA'S Communist Government has reached the end of the* fir^t phase of its development. It has gained power. It is now entering upon the second phase, during which its position must be consolidated and its policies justified. The regime has already surmounted several hurdles. It
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      OVER YOUR SHOULDER
      697 4  -  Alex Andra By ARRIVING on Sunday on the Fionia i> the United Press correspondent from Siam, Hi Emily Brown en route for Ameri< Dick Applegate, chief U.P. representative in nth East Asia, told us a story of when he first engaged Miss Brown, ecretary to Colo- nel
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      The man who was behind D-Day
      660 4 The man who was behind D-Day TODAY'S PROFILE BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT fHK British Army will lose one of its top flight administra- I tors when Major General Sir Reginald Kerr, KBK., CB., Hi Major General in charge of Administration in FARELF, retires from the active list when he leaves
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      U.S. CAPITAL NOT TEMPTED
      52 4 con.ment. granthe sue ft] to c^r These übs» r mass of arguni' m all qu and agreed thus far nibblec Ig to keeD a respectable hook. D causes are J to be free trade relations tI the Philippines and the C States and. tec tionalistic lendenciei
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      FAITH
      25 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and '<■ with the contempt of the proud. Psalms 123. 4
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      Fight against scrub typhus
      60 4  -  FRANK CAREY «y A. P. Science hei><> ATE this limited supplies may be sent to Malaya o f chlororr medicine^ gn-; hope, to treat typhus then as to permit re>raren in the treatn* I typhoid. This is the word from Dr. Joseph Smar: of a U.S.
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      FIRMS BEAT GOVT IN GETTING UK GOODS'
      496 5 Committee calls for co-ordination IM Staff Correspondent LONDON, Friday. ggf\ between Colonial Govern--0&s private enterprise for scarce 13 1 equipment and materials should be toted b: proper co-ordination, recoinrj Committee on Colonial Estiparticularly with colonial i the general shortage, which n carrying out
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      Strawberries for Malaya
      14 5 Strawberries for Malaya o tn v to Ade;i bart, 2.800 I i air I
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      ***** HAVE LEFT FOR MECCA
      14 5 ***** HA VE LEFT FOR MECCA pil.oout f ?ca- .pris--1 [tta piiI I next
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      KEPT POLICE KIT, FINED
      20 5 KEPT POLICE KIT, FINED :ner special rday Second :o a return ter- $25 in rigorous ;as also r the pro-
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      Malay students hard hit in Nanking
      406 5 Ma lay studen ts hard hit in Nanking Free Press Staff Reporter T'HE first two Malays ever to be admitted to a Chinese university have written from Nanking:, where they are now studying, to say that they are "suffering terribly" because their scholarships provide them with a monthly allowance of
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      47 5 The Social Welfare Department's v will close down today. This Free Fres pidw was taken at a press luncheon verier day at the Ayer restaurant, shows Mr Loke Wan Tho trighl opposite the acting Colonial Secretary mourj, Mrs. T. P. F. McNiece. < D K D Under -Secretary.
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      Untitled
      23 5 Mrs. E. M. Eivemark and her three-year-old Michael, of Vancouver, aboard the American Mail arrived in Singapore a few days ago.- Free Press
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      MR. A.D. FARRELL
      16 5 Mr A D. Farrell has been appointed Deputy Public Pro- j secutor, Singapore.
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      29 5 R. Murugason, a well- known Singapore sportsman proceeding to the United Kingdom by the Canton. An ex-pupil of Raffles Institution Mr. Murugason will read laic at the Middle Temple.
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      Federation keeping people's restaurants
      350 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. DECAUSE they are playing "too vital" a part in the life of the community, people's restaurants will not be closed down in the Federation, said the Chief Social Welfare Officer, Dr. C. P. Rawson. "If any public restaurant is
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      19 Chinese to study in U.K.
      204 5 19 Chinese to study in U.K. Free Press Staff Reporter XMNETEEN university graduates— one of the others are Koin* on their own. They are accompanied by three Chinese Profwors who have been awarded Bntisn Council fellowships to study and lecture at British universities. The leader of the group is Professor
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      SPECIAL CHINESE DANCE MUSIC
      57 5 THE Red Network of Radio Malaya will broadcast tomorrow from 12 noon to 1 pm. a special Chinese programme of dance music by the New Moon Orchestra. The programme will feature popular modern mandarin, English, and Malay numbers. Vocalists will be Misses Hong Slew Wan, Lin
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      CHINA BANK PAYS PREWAR DEPOSITS
      197 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Singapore branch of the Bank of China has started liquidating current and fixed deposit accounts in Chinese currency opened by Chinese before the Jap invasion for monthly remittances to families in China. The repayment of these accounts is based on
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      PROGRESSIVES
      29 5 The Progressive Party anniversary celebrations will be held at St. Patrick's School, on Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and not on Aug. 25 as reported.
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      Films at the Theatre
      85 5 A VENUE for the screening of cultural, instructive and other films not normally run tn commercial cinemas in Singapore has been opened up by the recent completion of the installation of sound equipment in Victoria Theatre. At the first performance to be given since the theatre
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      Art exhibition today
      191 5 THE exhibition of oil and water-colour paintings by the English woman, K. Nixon opening today at Robinsons, is the most interesting and unusual of Its kind that Singapore has seen since the war. None of the paintings ha* been done from posed model*, """hej are mostly imaginative
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  • SPORT...
    • SATURDAY SPORTS PARADE
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        CHANNEL SWIMS COST £1,000
        575 6 CHANNEL SWIMS COST £1,000 By Special Correspondent WE sat and looked at each other. There was The Great Temme, twice conqueror of the English Channel (trudgeon-crawl stroke), soaked in sea-cunning and swimming lore, now Aquatic Lord of the Hampstead Baths, London. And me. Multiple conqueror of the perilous stretch between
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        THIS COST TEMME £580
        21 6 THIS COST TEMME £580 me uttfi had to give up half a from th 1946. Trav. has got back only £250
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        Facts on the Channel Swim
        85 6 t:il first man ..m the Channel was Cap* w Webb on August 1 25th 18V5. He swam from r to Calais Id 21 hours 45 min Only E. H. Temme b swum the Channel in both I directions. On August olh he swam from Cap
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        World's greatest all-rounder
        401 6 fAPTAIN WILLY GRUT, of Sweden, has established himself as the world's greatest allround athlete and earned a certain right to sing "Anything you can do I can do better." But he is a serious-minded young man and vainglory is a thing he abhors. I In winning the
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        OVEL TEST FLASH BACKS
        400 6 OVEL TEST FLASH BACKS THE Oval, more than any other of England A grounds, has a special interest for the A;. cricketer touring Britain for the first U:. the birth-place of the 'Ashes', that legendary for which the England-Australia fought, the Oval has its own place in the h: ket
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      SWEDEN WINS OLYMPIC SOCCER
      1015 7 SWEDEN WINS OLYMPIC SOCCER Denmark take third place minus 161 1 marks; 2. Sweden minus 165; marks; 4. Switzerland minus 404* 5. SpalE minus 422J. No other countries finished with complete teams. Equestrian Individual three-day event final placing*: 1. Capt B. Chevallier (Prance) with plus four marks; 2. Lt. Col.
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      Fishlock hero of Surrey win
      214 7 Fishlock hero o f Surrey win ave d havoc with many of the County in the series ended yesterday, and four abandoned without even a decision on the i'.infs t*ing reached. MJTv Pitches involved four clubs who >f-the table championship battle re, Middlesex and Glamorgan st an opportunity to increase
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      43 7 The middleweight title fight between Marcel Cerdan and Tony Zale on Bept. 21 w:ll be held at Roo^Ttlt BaaebaU gtadlura. Jer s«y Cky. New Jersey, instead of at Brooklyn as planned the promoter Andy Nle<lerreiter said y— terday tn New York. A. P.
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      CUBAN WELTERWEIGHT CONTENDER WINS
      42 7 flashy Kid Gavilan, Cuban contender for Ray Robinson's welterweight crown, scored a clearcut decision over Buster Tyler, Newark, New Jersey, in a furious ten-round bout on Thursday night in New York. Oavilan weighed 148 pounds. Tyler 143.- A.P.
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      C.Y.M.A. SOCCER
      67 7 THE following have been selected to represent the C.Y.M.A (Cathedral of the Good Shepherd) at soccer against the Sacred Heart XI on St. Georges ground at 5 15 pjn today. P. Lopez. D. Swyny, M. Bwyny, R. Cordeiro, R. Mosbergen. R. Kesslar. K. Ferroa. A. de Cruz (capt
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      Recs made their effort too late
      564 7 Royal Navy 5; S.R.C 4. rpHREE quick goals scored within the space of ten minutes enabled the Royal Navy to beat the S.R.C. five-four in a keenly-contested division one S.A.F.A. league fixture at the Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. When the two teams met in
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      Three good bets for today's races
      858 7 000 Assail g 01 Race 9, 6 00: Cl. I, lllr. 2 51 F 300 Silver Sequin 9uo 234 Sylvan Lass KUery 812 000 The Raven Dawson 812 300 Gyp«y Boy Spencer 8.11 030 Wanpite Bajby 8.11 000 Waveatkm Tait 8.11 -02 London Turner
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      Chinese schools to hold sports next month
      88 7 Chinese schools to hold sports next month pHINESE schools in Singa- pore will hold an athletic meet for two days on Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 at Jalan Besar Stadium under the auspices of the Education Department, which has appointed 15 members to the preparatory committee for arranging the event.
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      AUXILIARY POLICE BEAT CABLEMER
      101 7 pLAYINO at the S. V. C. Dr 11 Hall, the 8.H.8. Auxiliary Police defeated Cable Wireless Sports Club by three games to two in a friendly badminton match. Results (C W mentioned first) were: Stable*: M. A. Lan«e beat Mok Yoon Seng, 15-8, 15-4, Thio Yuen
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      Test start may be delayed.
      108 7 Test start may be delayed LATE yesterday dools of water lay in olaces in the middle of the ground at The Oval and play on the first day must therefore be regarded as extremely doubtful unless there is a sudden change in the weather. An official decision cannot be made
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      Selections by Call Boy
      74 7 SELECTIONS by "Call Boy" foi today's races at Ipoh are; RACE 1: KAISERINE Badger Miss Jewel RACE 2: THE COUNTESS Sunny Valley Astivel RACE 3: FAIR WEEK Harvest Moon Happy Valley RACE 4: AMUSEMENT Coronation Lady Empire Rose RACE 5: CAMDEN Content Dale Vixen RACE FREE
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      U.S. overwhelm France in the final
      232 7 Basketball fHE tall, strong, speedy United i States basketball team won the I Olympics championship at Har;r.ngay Arena yesterday trouncing Prance 65 to 21. The American players simply smothered the French, who could not solve the tight American defence. The few points they made
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      48 7 'pHE India Olymoic foo«Lall t« am have arrange 1 a nriteh against a Welsh amateur •levrn at Swansea on Thursday, Ailg 2fi. rhey also have games against the Isthmian League At Dfoctl. Londcn. on Saturday Au? 21 and tho Athenian League at Frchlev, London, on Thursday, Bcpt. 2.
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      Dutch defeat Pakistan for third place
      121 7 JN the replay o: tne P..kiM-un versus Holland mate*! to deurmine who fills third ptae« n tft Q Olympic hockey tourtuußHit tne Dutch team w, n i superor and won four one Pakistan's Ahm:d Maoj-J. He nntw 1 31st minute of ulav. ickint "P
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      Useful B.P. beat Chinese Y.M.C.A.
      128 7 PLAYING at the Cleiu ii hall on Tuesday. »he I Badminton Party beat the Cl.inea« Y.M.C.A. by four gani<-& 14 three :n a friendly baain*i;tcu match. Result* were as folio* s ful's players mentioned first i. Singles: KhJO Feng K)i Loh Ngiai. Hyn. iO :5
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      129 7 r Crossword No. 463 inn i si T- 4 -g-9 ;io 17 18 19 t^fHsr P hJ~ 'SB 3 iitzi in i y i < Ll>s ROSS i (4>. 8, Book (4). 10 Currency -age (3>. 13. Banished (6). 14. ttack--0. Obliged (8). 23, Challenged 3>. 29. Storage vessel <3>
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      45 7 Sports diary SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Mr. 1 G H.Q sirnaJ, RA r Chanel— Chanri gTOund III: La SaUe S.C v Mental b.H.B. Boys' Club v. Seranroon Awn McNair Kd FRIENDLY SOCCER: C alchas v. Buona ista S < Padr Paniang Jollilad* i SmWrtfc*. GiUman Barracks 5 15
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      'JEWISH OFFENSIVE TO BEGIN'
      367 8 Fears of new hostilities CAIKO, Friday. DISCOVERY of a plan for a Jewish offensive aimed at occupation of the entire city of Jerusalem is alleged by Arab officials in the Holy City in a report received today by the Arab Higher Committee. "V»t are ready to
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      'Mobilise' call in Jogja
      74 8 'Mobilise call in Jogja JOGJAKARTA, Friday. THE left wing Republican Partal (People's Party), at its first Congress in the Republican capital, adopted a resolution urging the Government to discontinue negotiations with the Dutch and mobilise the entire Republican army, according to an Antara report. The party says the negotiations must
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      ENGAGEMENTS
      76 8 The engagement is announcec C Bendle and M. S Bruce of Kuantan. Pahang The engagement Is announced Wong I •Idest son of Mr. and Mrs VTew and Miss Ho Oi Thor. ftfth cr of Madam Kong Sam :.d the late Mr. Ho Fook. s of Seremban. is announced n
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      MARRIAGE
      19 8 COLES STRATTON- BROWN s Church. Kuala n 9th Au&ust 1948. -?e Coles to B :er of the la
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      61 8 Mrs. Peck Phye Chuan. beloved i Pia Teng Sc Peck Pia Jim. Funeral takes place at 26. Cheng Cheok a: 10 am At OMMOD \TK>\ VN VNTED REQUIRED by married fr.o children* two rooms with N board. Box 3200. P.P mi 1 1 FOI n vle OLDSMOBILE t done
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      4,000 GERMAN JEWS 'VANISH'
      82 8 4,000 GERMAN JEWS 'VANISH MEARLY 4,000 of the 4,500 "exodus Jews who were brought to Germany last winter after a vain attempt to Kate-crash into Palestine have fled from their Br;--zon? camps in "secret" nleht motor transports, it was learned in Hanover. Aided bv the American- ish Relief Commission, they
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      URANIUM IN CHINA?
      19 8 Uranium has been discovered in several areas of Kwanztun? province the Chun? Pao reports from Canton.
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      VITAL MOVE PENDING IN CHINA
      125 8 NANKING. Friday. PRESIDENT Chiang Kaishek Is contemplating a "far-reaching decision" at Killing, where an announcement of it is expected soon, according to persistent rumours here. These rumours follow news of the summoning to Kuling of the governors of the Provinces in the Yangtze River Valley,
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      49 8 The British commander of the British-trained and equipped Transjordan Army in Palestine, Gen. Glubb Pasha (centre), who is now on "holiday leave" in London, is here seen during c visit to Jerusalem during the second cease fire." Glubb Pasha has spent most of his life in the Middle East.
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      Girl murdered in 'lover's lane'
      122 8 SCOTLAND YARD detectives combed through hundreds of acres of the Duke of Norfolk's Arundel Park Sussex seeking clues to the killer of an attractive 27- -old librarian. A farm labourer, taking a short cut home, found the Dearly nude body of Miss Joan .nouse who
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      SHOT IT OUT FOR A SWIM
      93 8 DKOMPT InterventioD by the American military forcer, prevented possible bloodshed when a U.S. Marine and a group of Chinese soldiers were involved in an argument over the right to use a swimming beach on Swallow Island, near Tfeingtao. .ie superintendent of the Chinese military
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      DEAD KING: TRIAL DELAYED
      64 8 THE Bangkok criminal court 1 .sterdav postponed the hearing of the King's assassination case until Sept. 2S following the defence counsel's request for time to studv the case. The Government vc^terdav released to the press the text of the arrest warrant made out against the former
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      CHINESE REDS WRECK DYKES
      66 8 SEVERAL million people are reported to have been left homeless as a result of the smashing by the Communists of Yellow River dykes at Yuhslen, 25 miles north of Tsinan and the Grand Canal dykes at Tehsien, rail town on the Shangtung-Hopeh border. A military news
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      WEST BANNED FROM CONTROL OF THE DANUBE
      167 8 WEST BANNED FROM CONTROL OF THE DANUBE BELGRADE, Friday. THE Danube coherence to- day excluded Britain, France and the United States from participation in the future Danube r.avigatlon control body. Britain and France have b-:cn on that body since 1855. The general committee of the 11-iation conierence accepted. ~t>y seven
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      BRITONS MAY LEAVE HYDERABAD
      167 8 BRITONS MAY LEAVE HYDERABAD NEW DELHI, Friday. BRITISH officers in Hyderabad army have been advised to resign their commissions in the event of military operations breaking out over the future of the State, it was announced fa today by the United Kingdom High Commissioner'* Omce. A representative of the High
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      GREEKS SHELLED FROM ALBANIA
      177 8 ATHENS, Friday. A GREEK Army communique says that Greek rk troops on the Grammos front are being shelled from Albanian territory. This charge coincided with disclosure today that the Athens Government has protested to Washington, London and the United Nations Balkans Commission against unrestricted entry into
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      ATTLEE TRIBUTE TO DOMINIONS
      35 8 ATTLEE TRIBUTE TO DOMINIONS The British Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee. has telcRraphed "warm congratulations and cordial eood wishes" for the future of India and Pakistan, which celebrate their first anniversary as Dominions on Sunday
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      BARODA RULER MAY ABDICATE
      130 8 PARIS. Friday. tr FHE Gaekwar of Baroda declared in an interview here tonight shortly before he left by air for India that there was in his mind "a thought of abdication." The Maharajah, whose ab- dication was called for by the Barnda Legislative Assembly earlier this
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      TRADING IS AT A STANDSTILL
      569 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Friday. lI 'ITU developments in the international situation still veiled by the news black-out, trading today was almost at a standstill, says Reuter's financial correspondent. S :r.e slight interest displayed in British Government stocks which moved higher by 1 16th per
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      1,000,000 saw the Olympiad
      232 8 LONDON, Saturday. THE symbolic Olympic flame will be snuffed out in Wembley Stadium today and, with proper pomp. the 14th Olympiad of the modern era will be brought ceremoniously to a close. For the promoters the Games were the most successful ever. For more than 1,000,000
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      U.S. Forces to protect Korea from Red coup
      65 8 WASHINGTON Saturday. lIS. Govefr.ment officials u predict that American troop*; will stay in southern Korea until the new Go ment there ft- els strong e: ough to cope with any attempted Communist coup. The Russians still occupy Korea General MacArthur will attend
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      YOU KEPT ME A PRISONER'
      74 8 Woman to f^ flf WASHING** v r A IIfRS. Oksana Stepanova IWnkhi-. Russian teacher wtio jumi*d Consulate window last nfcht vim tomorrow to testify before the I, OU J J**** atives' t n-Amencan Activities tommitt Mrs. Kosenkina ace from her hospital bed toda er, according
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      COAL PLANES CRASH
      13 8 Two U.S. four-englned coalcarrying planes crashed in Berlin yesterday. A.P.
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